Same disclaimer stuff as before in chapters 1+2+3… This story is in no way mine. The basic outline is by Rumiko Takahashi (Yes, the one who wrote Ranma ½, Inu-Yasha and Maison Ikkoku). I merely took the gundam boys and stuck them in it. I have added a few things but not much. If you would like the original then read "Mermaid's Scar" by Rumiko Takahashi.
It's all done. I wish it could have gone on forever…*starts to cry* Sorry, I get all emotional when ever I finish something…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Mermaid's Curse
"If it wasn't you," Wufei said as he road the back of Heero since he would not be able to keep up otherwise. "Then who was it who moved the stone?"
Heero grunted. "Probably that bastard, Trowa, don't you think?"
Wufei nodded. "That's what I thought at first, too but that doesn't make sense."
He raised an eyebrow. "Why not?"
"Well, Master Quatre was planning to run away with you. If you had moved the stone I can imagine him putting it back to keep him from going but why would he go to the trouble of calling him out? You were going to leave the village alone anyway. He could have just left it there."
"Let me go!" Duo's voice split through the forest.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Duo bit into the lackey's hand as he pinned Duo to the ground.
"Yeouch!" he yelled pulling his hand away. "Why you little-!" He punched the violet-eyed boy hard across the face.
Quatre watched frightened.
"You go on ahead," Duo called to him. "Go to Red Valley."
Quatre got up and looked back, reluctant to go.
"Go!" he ordered.
"Heero," Quatre breathed his name aloud as he headed for his secret place, Red Valley.
Behind, Trowa pulled a dagger out of his cane. It had been crafted to hold such a weapon unnoticed. He came up and jabbed the blade into Quatre's shoulder.
Quatre turned around terrified.
Duo looked up and over to them.
"Quatre," Trowa sobbed as the blonde staggered onward. "Quatre…"
"You filthy old bastard!" Duo shouted getting up but was forced back down.
"Cut off his head," Trowa ordered slumping to the ground.
The switchblade came down and cut into Duo's flesh.
Thunk! A rock came flying and rammed into the lackey's head, killing him.
Duo looked up. "Heero!" he shouted standing.
"Duo!" Heero said running up to him and wrapping his arms around the American. He then turned to Trowa, still holding Duo.
"You're alive," Trowa gasped.
"Trowa, it was you, wasn't it?" Heero accused. "You were the one who called Quatre out to Red Valley that day."
~~~~~Flashback~~~~~
"Quatre," said a voice from behind. "Heero isn't coming."
The blonde turned to see a young green-eyed man. "Trowa…? You followed me..."
"Quatre, to think you would come," he said walking closer. "To think you would really come."
"What's this all about?" the blonde demanded.
"I was the one who moved the signal stone," Trowa admitted. " I wanted to believe you wouldn't come."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Quatre stumbled through the forest as pain ran through his body. 'Red Valley…Heero…'
~~~~~Flashback~~~~~
"If you want to leave the village," Trowa stormed as his hands gripped Quatre's throat. "I'll take you!" He squeezed, knocking the blonde back.
"Stop it!" Quatre screamed with the last of his breath. "Trowa, stop it!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'Red Valley,' Quatre repeated in his mind.
Above the birds crowed and circled the blue-eyed blonde.
He looked up into the morning sky. 'I remember! I-I was killed that day..." Quatre fell to his knees, covering his ears. 'Heero didn't come. I was killed here.'
"Heero didn't come!" he screamed aloud.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Did you plan to kill him?" Wufei demanded looking at Trowa. "Did you call out Master Quatre with the intention of killing him?"
Trowa sighed. "Of course not. If Quatre had shown even the slightest regret that day…but it way okay. I'd bring him back with the mermaid's ashes."
"But you didn't find the ashes, did you?" Heero stormed. "Just for fun, Quatre scattered some of the ashes in that field of flowers and they bloomed out of control all year long…"
~~~~~Flashback~~~~~
"That was dangerous!" Heero had stormed. "Humans should never use anything that comes from a mermaid!"
"Really?" Quatre asked raising a hand to his lips. "Well, if you say so, Heero. I'll hide the ashes without telling father."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was certain the ashes were in the storehouse," Trowa continued his story. "But when I looked, they were gone. Frankly, I panicked. I mean without the ashes I'd be a murderer."
"Trowa," Heero growled as Duo glared at the old man. "Didn't you know about the other legend of the mermaid's ashes?"
Trowa sighed. "Yes, I knew." He looked up to them. "But without a soul he'd be mine to do with as I please, right?"
"Why you-!" Heero growled clenching his hands into fists.
"Those years were hard," he continued looking to the ground again. " Until I was able to buy all that land and find the ashes I never felt a peace for even a single day, and then two years ago I found the mermaid's ashes buried in the hills. Quatre's body, which I had buried in the field of flowers, had remained perfectly preserved. I can't tell you how beautiful he was. But I had been wrong. That wasn't Quatre. It was nothing but a soulless demon."
"That's not true!" Duo shouted.
"Duo," Heero said.
"He remembers Heero! He said he had made a promise!"
"Duo," he repeated.
"He's waiting for Heero in Red Valley," Duo said looking out to the field.
Quatre stood in the middle of the flowers looking up at the birds. In his right hand he held Trowa's dagger, blood dripping from it's tip.
Heero looked to him sadly.
"You might be killed," Wufei protested.
"That's all right," Duo said. "He'll just come back to life again."
"What's the point in meeting him?" Trowa asked from his spot. "That man has no soul."
Heero walked out into the sea of red. "Quatre…"
The blonde turned fast on him and lifted the dagger with both hands ready to strike.
"If only I had come to Red Valley that day," he said reaching around Quatre's waist, ducking under his arms. "Forgive me."
The blade slipped from Quatre's bloody hands and he held onto the brunet. "Heero…oh, thank goodness," he said with a bright smile. "I was having the most horrible dream."
Heero looked at him in surprise. His old Quatre was back. "Quatre…"
"You didn't come and then-" He hugged Heero tightly. "Thank goodness it was a dream."
"Is that so?" Heero asked. "Let's go Quatre. Let's leave the village together."
Quatre looked up to him, his bright blue eyes sparkling.
'Do you know what happened to the nun after she came back to life, Heero?' Quatre's tale repeated itself in Heero's mind. 'The villagers became terrified of her and she ran into the hills. After a few years the effect of the ashes wore off…'
Quatre suddenly became limp in Heero's arms.
'…and she turned back into a corpse.'
Heero held Quatre's lifeless body close to him as tears ran silently down his cheeks. "Quatre…I couldn't live with you…or die with you…"
I wish I could live forever, too.
I want to go with you, Heero.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*starts to cry uncontrollably* That part always gets to me. *sniff* It's so sad and *sniff* sappy. I always liked *sniff* that couple. *sniff* I'm okay now.
How was it?
If you like it a lot I might just do a sequel ^_^
